Also, it's a way to cut back on doing those extra things for her if you decide to..."

I'm trying to decide if we should make it a 1 bedroom with a dining room or open kitchen. 

However when the inspector showed up to complete the rough inspection for the beds/bath remodel (at which point I would present the letter from the engineer) he noticed the porch was new and decided to write us a violation on it..

Last year, I sold my house and decided to rent a townhouse in my area. 

You will then need to decide how to manage the property (self vs professional PM) but that should be included in your analysis.I am house hacking now but plan on moving out when my time is up so I can begin cash flowing.Best of luck!

I recently became very passionate about real estate, and decide to do some investing this summer.I currently rent a small basement room for $800/month.

I finally decided to join BiggerPockets after months of watching BP videos on YouTube and reading article after article from BP and many other sources.

And I have to pay capital gain taxes, if I decide to sell since I’ve lived in more than 2 years?

One of my IRAs has about 15k and I decided to allocate it to real estate. 

I gave him the same parameters and when one of the places I found matched one his results gave me I decided to look and ultimately made an offer on it after an inspection.